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[black writing on white background, reads: "Weak? I? Directly descended from the sun?]

from https://www.are.na/block/7828295
from Anne Stevenson, Stone Milk; “The Myth of Medea”

Wrote a new newsletter about misinformation, land stewardship, interdependence, and citation rabbit holes, including an image of dish towels my sister bought for me as a birthday present

Canal Swans #15 - Misinformation

https://canalswans.commoninternet.net/posts/misinformation

trying to type more slowly today

thinking about everyone here who made a decision to make a change and use these platforms instead of the status quo,

and also thinking about everyone still using the mainstream platforms,

but who made a change in some other part of their life, with similar hopes, in ways that we may ourselves also not be ready for yet or even able to understand how to "onboard",

and imagining various communities of exploration and research in the future sharing what they learned with each other and weaving together into a spiral

another day, another set of jars to poke holes in the lids of

is anyone still actively working on #nomadicidentity for the fediverse?

I imagine you have a secret key for your account which is stored on your laptop (or bitwarden), not the server. Then when you want to migrate your account to another instance, you can use this secret key to re-create your account on the new server. The new server makes requests to the servers of all the people that were following you, telling them to follow your new account on the new server.

Basically server migration as I think it works now, but not requiring the consent of the server you were migrating away from.

Something like this would bring one of my favorite parts of scuttlebutt, to the fediverse. I think if implemented well, without making anything more confusing.

I saw a thread about it here that was related too... about what a .mbox file would like for the fediverse
https://terse.telent.net/note/7fec3921be118f1c625fdbaf

picture of chopping in progress

a company in the US tried to patent the name Fire Cider, got sued and lost. It’s a traditional folk recipe, widely popularized by the herbalist Rosemary Gladstar.

I appreciate that it’s a medicine you can make yourself from common ingredients, and share with friends, and it seems like a healthy practice to me on a number of levels.

Sharing in case it inspires someone else to make a batch. There’s lots more info on it too if you search around.

Made fire cider today, for myself and to give to some friends. This is the third year I’ve done this now.

the recipe I use is:
Horse radish, ginger, onion, garlic, cayenne (or other) pepper, all diced and in equal parts. I additionally add diced turmeric on the top, a lemon wedge, and yarrow (these parts considered more optional, and you could choose other herbs. I include yarrow because I feel an affinity towards it). Then fill the jar with apple cider vinegar and let it sit for 4-6 weeks, some also suggest to bury it on the full moon and unbury it on the next full moon if that’s your preferred way to keep track of time.

Then strain the liquid, and drink a small shot each morning. Its spicy and it wakes you and your immune system up. You can also use the strained material (the mark) to cook with.

Many people report that they stop getting sick after working with it. There’s also an interesting back story behind it. Continued in next post (out of characters)

dear fediverse, does anyone know any maker/hacker spaces in berlin?

or have a friend involved in one?

my friend found some discarded thinkpad laptops in the trash, and I’m hoping to find someone who could help me take a look at them, and might even have some spare parts/batteries lying around to test them with... they look pretty good condition to me, just missing batteries... but would be cool to test them out somehow before ordering any new parts

I’d also be interested to learn more about hacker/maker spaces in berlin even if none of the laptops can be salvaged 🦋

the laundromat is low key one of my favorite magical places

spinning machines, time spent waiting, attention drifts to cycles, memories of every other time I’ve been in the laundromat, a space outside of time, filled with mystery but also completely mundane

any good alternatives to google forms?

asking for a friend